Is butter good for your kidneys?

Butter contains saturated fat, which increases your risk for heart disease. The National Kidney Foundation notes that heart disease is a major risk factor for kidney disease and vice versa. Consume less butter, lard and shortening to reduce your intake of saturated fat and lower your risk for heart and kidney disease.

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August 25, 2016 • Nephrology

Your diet affects the health of your kidneys, especially if you suffer from kidney disease. Your kidneys perform many important jobs. They regulate the amount of fluid in your body, for example, and help control your blood pressure. Your kidneys also filter protein and minerals from your blood. Unhealthy kidneys do a poor job of filtering your blood, causing protein and minerals to build up in your system. Controlling your blood pressure and blood sugar levels helps your kidneys stay healthy and can prevent kidney disease from worsening. Changing your diet by avoiding or limiting certain foods can also help protect your kidneys from further damage. A kidney-friendly diet limits those foods that contain large amounts of saturated fat, protein and certain minerals, including sodium, potassium and phosphorus.

Avoid These Seven Foods for Optimal Kidney Health

Red meat

Red meat contains a large quantity of protein. While your body needs some protein to grow, heal and stay healthy, too much protein makes your kidneys work harder.

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Peanuts

Peanuts contain oxalates, a type of mineral found in kidney stones. In fact, calcium oxalate kidney stones are the leading type of kidney stones, according to the National Kidney Foundation. If you have had a calcium oxalate kidney stone in the past, limiting your intake of food that contains oxalates can reduce your risk for developing another stone.

Canned vegetables

While vegetables are very good for you, canned vegetables usually contain a large amount of sodium. Having too much sodium in your system makes it difficult for your kidneys to remove excess fluid from your bloodstream. Switch to fresh or frozen vegetables whenever possible; otherwise, rinse canned vegetables with water before you cook them.

Processed meats

Processed meats contain a significant amount of sodium and protein, both of which are hard on your kidneys. Switch to lean cuts of whole meats.

Avocados

Avocados contain potassium, a mineral that controls nerve and muscle function. Potassium helps your heart maintain a regular rhythm and is necessary for controlling fluids, electrolyte balance and pH level. Excess potassium in the blood, a condition known as hyperkalemia, often occurs in people with advanced stages of kidney disease. Signs and symptoms of hyperkalemia include nausea, weakness, numbness and a slow heart rate.

Organ meat

Liver and other organs meats have high concentrations of purine. Excess purine stimulates the production of uric acid, which settles into your joints in the form of crystals or into your kidneys as kidney stones.

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How do I know if my back pain is muscle or kidney?

In general, back pain will be related to your muscles, occurs lower in your back, and causes a consistent ache. If it's kidney pain, it'll likely be higher, near your ribs. You may feel waves of severe pain and possibly have a fever. The pain may also be stronger on one side.

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Kidney pain is most often caused by a kidney infection or a stone in the tubes coming out of your kidney. If the pain is coming from your kidney, it will have these features:

Where the pain is located

Kidney pain is felt in your flank, which is the area on either side of your spine between the bottom of your ribcage and your hips. It usually occurs in one side of your body, but it can occur in both sides.

Type of pain

Kidney pain is usually sharp if you have a kidney stone and a dull ache if you have an infection. Most often it will be constant. It won’t get worse with movement or go away by itself without treatment. If you’re passing a kidney stone, the pain may fluctuate as the stone moves.

Radiation of the pain

Sometimes the pain spreads (radiates) to your inner thigh or lower abdomen.

Severity of the pain

Kidney pain is classified according to how bad it is — severe or mild. A kidney stone usually causes severe pain, and the pain from an infection is usually mild.

Things that make it better or worse

Typically, nothing makes the pain better until the problem is corrected, such as by passing the stone. Unlike back pain, it usually won’t change with movement.

Accompanying symptoms

If you have a kidney infection or a kidney stone, you may also experience:

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